The global phenomenon. The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller. The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most...

Your hard work is paying off. You are doing well in your field. But there is something standing between you and the next level of achievement. That something may just be one of your own annoying habits.Perhaps one small flaw - a behaviour you barely...

Excerpt from The Century Dictionary, Vol. 2 of 6: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language A superior figure placed after a title-word indicates that the word so marked is distinct etymologically from other words, following or preceding it,...

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Excerpt from Stories From Homer These Stories will, I hope, represent Homer not unfaithfully to readers, old and young, who do not know him in the original; may, perhaps, commend him to some of the younger sort who, having made acquaintance with him,...

Excerpt from Prehistoric Man, Vol. 1 of 2: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World The first edition of Prehistoric Man, published in 1862, was l'ollowed in 1865 by another, carefully revised in accordance with later...

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Excerpt from Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece: Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Greeks, and Relating to Their Government, Magistracy, Laws, Judical Proceedings, Religion, Games, Military and Naval Affairs, Dress,...

Excerpt from The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence, Vol. 4 of 4: Translated From the Originals; Illustrated With Notes, Annotations, Dissertations, and Several New Plans on the Art of War The author's...

Indigenous communities around the world are gathering to both reclaim and share their ancestral wisdom. Aware of and drawing from these social movements, A Clan Mother's Call articulates Haudenosaunee women's worldview that honors women, clanship,...

Excerpt from The History of Great Britain, Vol. 1: From the First Invasion of It by the Romans Under Julius Caesar The chief defign then of this Work is this -to give the reader a concife account of the molt important events vvhich have happened' in...

Examining the multifaceted nature of Christianity in Fiji, My God, My Land reveals the deeply complex and often paradoxical dynamics and tensions between processes of change and continuity as they unfold in representations and practices of...

Collective Creativity offers an analysis of the explosion of artistic creativity currently taking place on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga. By exploring the construction of this art-world through the ways in which creativity and innovation are...

Excerpt from Cramer's Pittsburgh Magazine Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, 1814: Being the Second After Bissextile or Leaf Year and After the Fourth of July, the 39th Year of American Independence So shall the stranger, and the acquaintance, repeat...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s a wave of Ponzi schemes swept through Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the Solomon Islands. The most notorious scheme, U-Vistract, attracted many thousands of investors, enticing them with promises of 100 percent...

What do cities tell us about power? How does power shape cities? These are the main questions answered by a multidisciplinary set of eminent urban scholar in crisp articles on capital cities from around the world, from Buenos Aires to Tokyo, from...

Excerpt from The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, 1881, Vol. 1 On the Resident Character of the Office of Monetarius in Saxon Times. By Ernest H. Willett, f.s.a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of...

Excerpt from Shakespeare's England: An Account of the Life Manners of His Age The truth was well handled by Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, in their profound discussion of human life. Does not our life consist of the four elements P said Sir...

Excerpt from Evolution: A Journal of Nature; December, 1927 Every statement made by the author in this book is buttressed by Citations from authorities. In fact it is a veritable arsenal of ammunition for the Evolutionist in the front trenches of the...

Excerpt from The Open Court, Vol. 42: November, 1928 Scherzer at once made a copy of the Spanish translation of the manuscript, which he published at Vienna in 1856 under the title of Las Historias del origen de los Indios de Guatemala, [jar el R. P....

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Excerpt from Fishes of Fancy: Their Place in Myth, Fable, Fairy-Tale and Folk-Lore; Etc So many fishes of so many features, That in the waters we may see all creatures, Even all that on the earth are to be found. About the Publisher Forgotten Books...

In this eighth edition of his award-winning Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity,...

Excerpt from The History of Birmingham A preface generally induces a man to speak of himself, which is deemed the worst sub ject upon which he can speak. In a History we become acquainted with things, but in a Preface with the author; and, for a man...

This book argues that contemporary European politics creates new forms oftransnational power that challenge the traditional parameters of the nation-state.Kauppi identifies and critically explores the evolving dynamics between nationaland...

Excerpt from Notes on Old Edinburgh My object was to compare a certain section of Edinburgh, both by day and night, with a similar area in the city before alluded to. In company with two philanthropic gentlemen, who did not hesitate to expose these...

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Evaluation is an essential element of professional practice. However, there is little in the literature that is designed to help students involve and support young people in evaluating the impact of youth work activities. This comprehensive book...

Excerpt from In Search of Man The Mendelian Laws of Heredity Dominant and Recessive Characteristics The Eyes Multiple Factors The Skin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at...

Excerpt from London: South of the Thames With this third volume of the topographical section Sir Walter Besant's Great Survey of London is concluded. The whole work is comprised in ten volumes, the first seven of which are historical, tracing the...

Excerpt from Notices of the Most Remarkable Fires in Edinburgh, From 1385 to 1824: Including an Account of the Great Fire of November, 1824 As pillaging the towns on the south side of the Forth; and. We have no doubt, that on such occasions,...

Excerpt from Sketches of the History of Man, Vol. 1 of 3 As one great Objeet of the Editor is to make this a popular Work, he has. Chieﬂy with a View to the female. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and...

Excerpt from Women as World Builders: Studies in Modern Feminism Another reason is my belief that it is with woman as producer that we are concerned in a study of feminism, rather than with woman as lover. The woman who finds her work will find her...

Excerpt from Chinese Grave-Sculptures of the Han Period Compare also chavannes, Les memoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien, Vol. II, pp. 4 and 176, for mention of stone sarcophagi in the history of the house of Ts'in. Wei (b.c. 3 34-319) entirely...

A major literary event: a never-before-published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God that brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last known survivors...

Excerpt from Our Social Bees But there is a moral kind of insurance society has set up of late years, which makes us safe in our minds as well as in our goods and persons. There is not the slightest necessity for troubling ourselves about the...

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Excerpt from Brides and Bridals, Vol. 1 of 2 Even beyond it, we must go to discover the origin of some of the most distinctive items of bridal costume and paraphernalia. Regarded as the milliner's reproduction of the care-cloth, the bridal-veil is no...

Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives? In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste...

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